SIDE SILL OF A VEHICLE BODY - A side sill of a body of a motor vehicle of sheet metal shell construction is composed of a sheet metal outer shell and a sheet metal inner shell which are welded to one another. A rolled profile for stiffening can be inserted into the side sill from an open end side and can be fastened to the side sill. In this way, a side sill can be stiffened by assembling the rolled profile after the basic construction of the body of the motor vehicle.

2009-10-22

20090261623

BODY EXTENSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a body extension for a motor vehicle, a transverse profile of a roof frame has a central profile section and retaining profile sections arranged at the ends of the central profile section. The retaining profile sections have an embossed area for securing a sun roller blind, and border a trough for accommodating a guide section of a retractable sun roller blind. As a result, the central profile section can be fabricated with a constant cross section using a high grade of steel.

2009-10-22

20090261624

CEILING DECORATIVE PANEL - There is provided a ceiling decorative panel that can be carried easily and reliably even if a dome lamp is disposed in an opening portion. The ceiling decorative panel of the present invention is disposed on an inside of a roof panel of a vehicle body. The ceiling decorative panel includes a recessed portion protruding toward a back face side of the ceiling decorative panel and having the opening portion at a bottom face. The recessed portion retains the dome lamp in itself. A grip that can be raised in a direction same as a protruding direction of the recessed portion so as to be gripped is disposed to be adjacent to the opening portion.

HIGH CHAIRS AND METHODS TO USE HIGH CHAIRS - High chairs and methods to use high chairs are disclosed. An example high chair includes a frame and a seat, wherein the seat defines a slot and is shaped to funnel spills toward the slot.

2009-10-22

20090261627

STOOL WITH TELESCOPIC LEGS - A stool with telescopic legs, comprising a seat and four legs, wherein one end of said four legs are hinged to the seat, the two legs in a side are pivotally cross to other two legs in the other side respectively, and the two crossing joints are connected by a cross beam, and two parallel legs having the telescopic rod structure. When the stool is folded, the sliding rod of the telescopic rod structure of the two parallel legs slid out of the outer rod. Meanwhile, the seat of the stool fold downwards till four legs attached together completely. At this position, the seat of the stool attached to the legs completely too, thus the space engaged by the stool farthest saved. Moreover, because of the telescopic structure and the four legs of the folded stool is in a same height, the stool is more convenient to be placed, stored and transported. The structure of this invention is simple and easy to be manufactured.

2009-10-22

20090261628

FOLDABLE CHAIR - A foldable chair comprising a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a seat and a backrest, wherein said front legs and said rear legs are hinged together rotatably to form a scissor-shape by riveting, said seat is hinged with the rear legs rotatably through a connecting piece fixed on the back of the seat, each of said front legs has a connecting sleeve which can be slid along the front leg, said connecting sleeves hinged to said seat by riveting, and a protrusion is disposed on each front leg to stop said connecting sleeve to slide downwardly and keep said seat on unfolded position. The seat of the foldable chair can slide upwardly along the front legs, till the rear legs and the front legs closed together completely, and the seat also closed completely with the rear leg and front legs, thus the occupied space of the folded chair decreased. This invention has simple structure of and is easy to manufactured, and is convenient to be stored and transported and has many utilities.

2009-10-22

20090261629

Automatically Adjustable Seat - Automatically adjustable seating apparatus are described. The automatically adjustable seating apparatus include first and second seat bottom portions that at least one of which is moveable. The first and/or second seat bottom portions are moveable by automatic adjusters that alter the position of a seat bottom portion between a retracted position and an extended position. When the moveable seat bottom portion or portions are in their retracted position, the automatically adjustable seating apparatus is configured as two seats back-to-back, and when the seat bottom portion or portions are in their extended positions, the automatically adjustable seating apparatus forms a substantially flat surface.

Child Carriage Tray and support therefor - A child carriage tray and support therefor including: a tray having an upper face and a lower face opposed to the upper face and a pair of strut assembles each mountable to the lower face in a selectable spaced relationship one to the other by mounting means formed into or with each strut assembly and formed for detachable mounting to one of a plurality of sets of complementary mounting means on the lower face of the tray, each set of complementary mounting means incorporating two pivot locations in spaced relationship formed therein or therewith, each strut assembly comprising: a minor strut having a portion of the mounting means formed on or with an end for mounting to one of the pivot locations on the lower face by one the end; a major strut having another or the remaining portion of the mounting means formed on or with and end for mounting to the other of the pivot locations on lower face by the end and having adjustable engagement means for engaging the other end of the minor strut a one of a plurality of engagement locations intermediate the ends of the major strut whereby the major strut may be fixed at one of a variety of angles with the top chord, and the major strut further having attachment means operatively associated with the other of its ends for attaching the major strut to a frame member of a child carriage.

2009-10-22

20090261632

Bicycle Saddle - A bicycle saddle comprises a saddle including front and rear portions; an elastic member disposed between the front and rear portions; a valve assembly installed to bottom of the saddle between the front and middle portions and including an air pump and an air escape valve communicating with the elastic member.

2009-10-22

20090261633

SEAT FOR A BICYCLE - A seat for a bicycle has a seat body and a seat post. The seat body a front end, a rear end, a bottom and multiple reinforced ribs. The rear end has a width larger than that of the front end. The reinforced ribs are formed on the bottom of the seat body. The seat post is integrally formed on and protrudes from the bottom of the seat body. With the seat post being integrally formed on the seat body, the manufacturing process for the seat is simplified and the cost therefor is accordingly lowered.

HEADREST INCLINING APPARATUS OF ACTIVE HEAD REST - A headrest inclining apparatus for moving a headrest forward by a pressure generated when a passenger moves backward relative to a seat back, in which an energizing device is provided in a support bracket, and the upper part of the support bracket is always energized backward relative to a vehicle. The support bracket is always moved along a fixed path, and is not caught by other parts or devices when moving back into the holder. The support bracket is smoothly and securely returned into the holder.

2009-10-22

20090261636

Reinforcement for Rear Seat Backs - A reinforcement for rear seat backs is disclosed herein. The rear seat back reinforcement of the present invention includes a luggage bar, which is provided between a rear package tray and a floor panel and has a holding member and a mounting member, and a wire frame, which is held by the holding member of the luggage bar and is fastened at the lower end thereof to the floor panel by the mounting member.

VEHICLE SEAT WITH MONITOR - According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a vehicle seat with a monitor, including: a seat back; a headrest including: a head receiving portion receiving a back of a head of a vehicle occupant; a hollow recess being formed on a reverse side of the head receiving portion, the headrest being disposed such that the monitor unit at least partly enters the hollow recess; a stay mounting to the seatback, the stay being detachably attached to the headrest; and an actuating mechanism capable of moving back and forth the head receiving portion relatively with respect to the seatback, the actuating mechanism being provided at a connecting portion between the stay of the headrest and the head receiving portion; and a monitor unit including the monitor, the monitor unit being installed above the seatback and in a rear of a headrest.

2009-10-22

20090261639

Seat with seat sensor - A seat with a seat sensor includes a soft pad having a cavity extending upwardly from a bottom surface thereof, a pressure sensitive sheet sensor for sensing a person sitting on the pad, and a soft material disposed in the cavity such that the soft material is prevented from coming off from the cavity. The sheet sensor is disposed on an upper portion of the soft material.

Hydraulic adjustable seat - An adjustable chair and a tilt assembly for use therewith typically provides side to side tilting of the chair seat and preferably provides forward and backward tilting of the seat separately or in combination with the side to side tilting. A hydraulic system is provided for controlling the tilting movement. Progressive hydraulic valves are used to control the resistance to the tilting movement whereby the chair is useful for exercise while the user is seated and the rate at which the tilting occurs may be controlled. The seat may be locked in any tilted position or the user may shift weight on the seat to provide a continuous shifting of the tilt angle and tilt direction of the seat.

2009-10-22

20090261642

HYDRAULIC ADJUSTABLE SEAT - An adjustable chair and a tilt assembly for use therewith typically provides side to side tilting of the chair seat and preferably provides forward and backward tilting of the seat separately or in combination with the side to side tilting. A hydraulic system is provided for controlling the tilting movement. Hydraulic valves having adjustable knobs are used to control the resistance to the tilting movement whereby the chair is useful for exercise while the user is seated and the rate at which the tilting occurs may be controlled. The seat may be locked by closing additional hydraulic valves while the tilt assembly is in any tilted position or the user may shift weight on the seat to provide a continuous shifting of the tilt angle and tilt direction of the seat.

2009-10-22

20090261643

Locking collapsible seat apparatus - The locking collapsible seat apparatus of the present invention offers a convenient height for sitting or standing according to studies directed to preferred height of the apparatus, a light-weight construction for easy transport, a compact design for convenient storage and a configuration for effortless transition between an erected state and a folded state. The present invention also provides a seat locking component to stabilize the apparatus in an erected state as well as communicates with the user whether or not the locking component is activated.

Trailer with tiltable platform section - There is provided a trailer with a tiltable platform section comprising a mainframe; a subframe pivotally attached to the mainframe; a rear platform section fixedly attached to the mainframe; a front platform section fixedly attached to the subframe; and a retaining mechanism for attaching in a locked position the mainframe to the subframe. In an unlocked position of the mainframe, the rear platform section and the mainframe can jointly pivot relative to the front platform section.

2009-10-22

20090261646

Indexable Cutting Tool System - A system for excavating and/or trenching hard and soft ground material includes a support block having a bore with a cylindrical portion and a non-cylindrical portion with flat surfaces and a cutting tool mounted in the bore, which may be a non-rotatable cutting tool having a shank with flat surfaces or a rotatable cutting tool having a shank with a cylindrical portion. The non-cylindrical portion of the bore rotatably engages the cylindrical portion of the rotatable cutting tool and the flat surfaces of the bore engage the flat surfaces of the non-rotatable cutting tool. A further embodiment includes a support block having a bore with flat surfaces along the entire length of the bore that engage the flat surfaces of the shank of the non-rotatable cutting tool and which bore receives the cylindrical portion of the shank of the rotatable cutting tool but does not restrain rotation thereof. In yet another embodiment, the support block may have two non-cylindrical portions and a single cylindrical portion, while the cutting tool may have a shank with two non-cylindrical portions and a single cylindrical portion corresponding to those within the bore of the support block.

2009-10-22

20090261647

Wheel bearing assembly, manufacturing method therefor, and calk jig - In a wheel bearing assembly, the length of an annular protrusion in an axis direction, or the oscillation angle through which the center axis of a calk jig is oscillatingly turned relative to the center axis of a constant-velocity joint outer ring is restricted so that the annular protrusion and the calk jig do not interfere with each other when the constant-velocity joint outer ring is calk-fixed to the calk fixation portion of the wheel hub by radially outwardly bending a tubular protrusion formed on an end surface of the center shaft portion through the oscillating turn of the calk jig after the center shaft portion of the constant-velocity joint outer ring has been fitted to the hollow hole of the wheel hub.

2009-10-22

20090261648

BICYCLE WHEEL QUICK RELEASE ASSEMBLY - A quick release assembly for a bicycle wheel that includes a pair of heads disposed at generally opposite ends of a skewer rod. One of the heads includes a cam surface that is translatable relative to the head. The quick release includes an operator having a handle portion and a stem portion. The stem portion includes a cam that cooperates with the cam surface formed in one of the heads such that operation of the handle alters the distance between the heads from a first orientation wherein the heads secure a wheel to a bicycle, a second orientation wherein the heads loosely secure the wheel to the bicycle and a third orientation wherein the wheel assembly can be freely removed from the bicycle.

2009-10-22

20090261649

Brake Booster - The present invention provides a brake booster in which an excellent pedal feeling can be provided even though a brake fluid pressure control unit is disposed between the brake booster and a wheel cylinder. The brake booster according to the present invention performs different methods for controlling a booster based on whether the fluid pressure control unit is in operation, and controls a displacement amount of an assist member so that a change in a master cylinder pressure is within a predetermined range even when the fluid pressure control unit is in operation.

2009-10-22

20090261650

Unitized Seal With Integral Spacer - A unitized seal assembly is provided for installation between linkages of a chain drive designed for tracked vehicles. The seal assembly facilitates field preventative maintenance on the drive chain by utilizing an integral spacer that holds the critical sealing surfaces together at all times, and has a seal head that can be easily removed from the outer link bore of a chain link. Removal of the seal head from the outer link bore causes as-installed clearance passageways between the seal head and seat portions and the spacer to forcefully close and prevent abrasive particles from getting inside the seal and reaching the interior interface junction of the dynamic sealing surfaces during seal maintenance. The seal assembly also includes additional sealing features that provide improved performance.

2009-10-22

20090261651

Power Supply and Communications System for a Passenger Aircarft - The invention relates to a combined supply and communications system for transferring data between a data server and at least one of several terminal devices over a power supply cable wherein the data server and each of the several terminal devices are each connected to the power supply cable over an incoupling/decoupling unit.

2009-10-22

20090261652

BICYCLE ELECTRICAL WIRING UNIT - A bicycle electrical wiring unit is provided with a junction housing, a wiring junction and a cable winding structure. The wiring junction is mounted to the junction housing for connecting at least two electrical cables. The cable winding structure is disposed on the junction housing with the cable winding structure including at least one electrical cable holder for selectively retaining different lengths of an intermediate section of a first electrical cable of the electrical cables to the junction housing.

2009-10-22

20090261653

SINGLE-INPUT AND DUAL-OUTPUT POWER SUPPLY WITH INTEGRAL COUPLING FEATURE - A control and monitoring system power supply is described that receives a single power input and distributes power to two distinct segments of a control and monitoring system network. The power supply includes a single power input configured to receive AC from a power source and at least partially convert the AC power to an operable voltage for a network device. Further, the power supply includes dual power output drivers that share power from the single power input and distribute the power to distinct network cable segments. Each of the dual power output drivers is separate and common grounded with respect to the other.

2009-10-22

20090261654

Power path control circuit - The present invention provides a power path control circuit comprising: an input node for receiving an external power; a first power transistor electrically connected between the input node and a first node, for controlling power supplied from the input node to the first node; a second power transistor electrically connected between the first node and a battery, for controlling power supplied from the battery to the first node; an error amplifier including an output electrically connected with a gate of the second power transistor, a first input terminal electrically connected with the first node, and a second input terminal electrically connected with the battery, wherein a voltage difference is allocated between the two input terminals.

2009-10-22

20090261655

HIGH VOLTAGE ARRAY CONVERTER - A direct current to pulse amplitude modulated (“PAM” current converter, denominated a “PAMCC”, is connected to an individual source of direct current. The PAMCC receives direct current and provides pulse amplitude modulated current at its output. An array of PAMCCs constructed in accordance with the present invention form a distributed multiphase inverter whose combined output is the demodulated sum of the current pulse amplitude modulated by each PAMCC. The array is configured as a series of stages, wherein the power sources within each stage are in parallel. The series of stages provides for a high voltage AC or DC output. In some embodiments a weak power source is compensated for by adjusting the voltage or the current of the weak power source.

2009-10-22

20090261656

Power system for mobile workstation and method - A power system for a mobile workstation includes a docking station for a removable battery, a power bus, and a power interface having an output interface electrically connected with the power bus. The power system further includes a detector configured to detect user interaction with a removable battery docked with the docking station, and a switching device coupled with the detector and configured to switch the power interface from a first power sourcing mode to a second power sourcing mode receiving power from a back-up battery, in response to detecting user interaction with a removable battery docked with the docking station.

2009-10-22

20090261657

METHOD AND SYSTEM OF HYBRID POWER MANAGEMENT - A method of hybrid power management is provided in the present invention, comprising steps of: providing a hybrid power output device being coupled to a load and comprising a fuel cell module and a secondary cell module; determining a plurality of threshold values, each representing one of output power modes of the hybrid power output device respectively; and monitoring a characteristic value output from the fuel cell module and comparing the characteristic value with the threshold values to determine one of the output power modes to supply power to the load. Moreover, the present invention further provides a system of hybrid power management using the foregoing method to control switches to select from the output power modes such as supplying power from the fuel cell module only, from both the fuel cell module and the secondary battery, or cutting off power supply to the load according to the power state of the fuel cell module.

2009-10-22

20090261658

Power supply system, vehicle having power supply system, and control method of power supply system - A discharge distribution ratio calculating unit calculates a discharge distribution ratio, according to the ratio between an amount of electric power allowed to be discharged from a first storage device connected to a first converter, and the sum of amounts of electric power allowed to be discharged from second and third storage devices. A charge distribution ratio calculating unit calculates a charge distribution ratio, according to the ratio between an amount of electric power with which the first storage device is allowed to be charged, and an amount of electric power with which the storage device electrically connected to the second converter by a switching device is allowed to be charged. Then, the first and second converters are controlled according to the discharge distribution ratio in a discharge mode, or according to the charge distribution ratio in a charge mode.

2009-10-22

20090261659

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER SUPPLY SYNCHRONIZATION IN RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) READERS - A system for power supply synchronization in an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader is shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes one or more switched mode power supply devices and a signal generator. Each of the switched mode power supply devices provides power to at least one component of the RFID reader. The signal generator transmits a synchronization signal of a controlling frequency to each of the one or more power supply devices. In one embodiment, the system includes a signal processing unit that is configured to reject one or more spectral components from the output of the RFID reader.

2009-10-22

20090261660

PHOTOSENSOR CIRCUITS INCLUDING A SWITCH MODE POWER CONVERTER - Photosensor circuits include a relay coil configured to control application of an alternating current (AC) power source to a load. A pulse width modulator circuit is configured to generate a pulse width modulated signal having a pulse width that varies responsive to an average voltage across the relay coil. A drive transistor controls the average voltage across the relay coil responsive to the pulse width modulated signal. A photo control circuit controls application of the pulse width modulated signal to the drive transistor responsive to a detected light level. A half-wave rectifier provide a power signal to the pulse width modulator circuit and the photo control circuit during one of the halves of the line cycle of the AC power source. The photo control circuit includes a phototransistor. A low pass filter circuit filters the output current of the phototransistor to provide a light level signal voltage. A select transistor couples the pulse width modulated signal to the drive transistor during one of the halves of the line cycle of the AC power source responsive to the light level signal voltage having a selected level. A capacitor coupled between the second terminal of the phototransistor and the neutral bus modulates an amount of positive feedback through the first terminal of the phototransistor proportional to a current flowing through the relay coil to provide hysteresis to control of the relay coil by the photosensor circuit.

2009-10-22

20090261661

POWER CONTROL DEVICE FOR APPARATUSES THAT EMPLOY STANDBY POWER - An apparatus is disclosed herein that includes a housing, wherein the housing has a front and a back, wherein the housing includes first electrical receptacles, a switch, and a timer module. The first electrical receptacles are positioned on the front of the housing and are configured to receive first prongs of an electric plug, and the switch may be responsive to the timer. The apparatus can further include second prongs that correspond to the first electrical receptacles, wherein the second prongs re coupled to the housing and are configured to be received by second electrical receptacles of an outlet socket. The switch, when closed, is operative to electrically couple at least one of the first prongs with at least one of the second electrical receptacles. When open, the switch is operative to prevent electrical coupling of the at least one of the first prongs with the at least one of the second receptacles. The timer is operative to cause the switch to be opened and closed.

ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATING MECHANISM - An electromagnetic vibrating mechanism having a pair of electromagnetic sensors disposed at both sides of a vibrating plate. Each of the electromagnetic sensors consists of one horseshoe-shaped solenoid and two permanent magnets disposed at the rim of the vibrating plate. The horseshoe-shaped solenoid is provided with a first coil and a second coil at both ends thereof. In this way, an electromagnetic output having different polarity is achieved when the current is applied. Furthermore, the polarity can be duly changed by means of input of electric current in different directions. Besides, each of the permanent magnets includes an upper magnet and a lower magnet. The magnets are positioned in such a manner that the polarities thereof are different in lateral direction. Meanwhile, the horseshoe-shaped solenoid is employed to create an up-and-down vibration.

2009-10-22

20090261666

Radially Balanced Stator Forces for a Spindle Motor - A spindle motor is provided for reducing or eliminating RRO and NRRO. Radial forces on the spindle motor are reduced or eliminated, and the net rotational torque is increased. Read and write heads may be placed increasingly closer to a memory storage disc surface, and are accurately aligned with the disc storage tracks. This allows increased track densities, and also allows for smaller discs and increased storage capacity of discs. In an aspect, a first stator tooth and a second stator tooth are positioned to generate substantially equal and opposite radial forces on the spindle motor. The first and second stator teeth are also simultaneously energized to cause the interaction of the stator with the magnet. In another aspect, the first stator tooth is positioned 180 degrees circumferentially about the stator from the second stator tooth, and axially above the second stator tooth.

METHOD OF MAKING AND DEVICE FOR COOLING ROTOR MOTOR CORES - A vent plate for a rotor of a motor core includes a hub, a plurality of spokes extending from the hub and a plurality of coffin portions each having a coffin bore extending therethrough and at least one of which is connected with a spoke. The coffin portions may each be radially spaced from, and circumferentially spaced about the hub and wherein each coffin portion comprises an outer radial end, and a connecting ring which extends about the periphery of the coffin portions. The connecting ring may engage each outer radial end. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of making a rotor for an electric motor is also presented.

2009-10-22

20090261670

Electrical Machine Including Axial Connector Assemblies and Related Methods - An electrical machine may include a plurality of stator coil ends each having a fluid passageway therein. The electrical machine may further include a plurality of rings and a plurality of axial connector assemblies for connecting the plurality of stator coil ends to the plurality of rings. Each axial connector assembly may include a header cap including an open end received on a respective stator coil end and a closed end opposite the open end, the closed end defining a coil spherical connector portion. The header cap may have a fluid port therein coupled to the fluid passageway of the respective stator coil end. A ring spherical connector portion may be carried by a respective ring, and a pair of connector members may receive therebetween the coil and ring spherical connector potions.

2009-10-22

20090261671

Electric actuator - An electrically powered linear actuator having a thrust assembly, a motor with a rotor surrounding at least a portion of the thrust assembly and a rotary encoder with a rotation sensing member rotatable with the rotor.

2009-10-22

20090261672

BEARING POSITIONING STRUCTURE FOR MOTOR - A bearing positioning structure for a motor includes an axial tube and a positioning member. The positioning member includes a pressing portion and a coupling portion. The coupling portion of the positioning member is engaged with a coupling section of the axial tube for securely mounting the positioning member to the axial tube, with the pressing portion of the positioning member pressing against a bearing to position the bearing in the axial tube. In another example, the coupling portion of the positioning member engages with a coupling section on a stator.

2009-10-22

20090261673

Cooling of a bearing journal - A rotary machine, which can be a turbine or a rotary compressor, is provided. The rotary machine includes a stationary housing and a rotating shaft supported in the housing by a magnetic bearing, whereby the magnetic bearing includes a laminated bearing journal with a shaft-mounted rotating lamination and a corresponding housing-mounted stationary lamination surrounding the rotating lamination, whereby both laminations extend axially to the shaft within a bearing portion, limited on one side by the end of the shaft. In addition, an axial duct extends axially through the shaft from the end to at least one substantially radial duct connecting the axial duct with an orifice in the shaft surface adjacent the other side of the bearing portion, and whereby a stationary tube is inserted in the axial duct supplying it with fluid. This arrangement provides sufficient cooling for a laminated bearing journal of the rotary machine.

2009-10-22

20090261674

RETAINING STRUCTURE FOR MOTOR ELEMENTS - A retaining structure for motor elements includes an axial tube and a cap. The cap includes a stop and a coupling portion. At lease one motor element is received in the axial tube. The coupling portion of the cap is engaged with a coupling section of the axial tube for securely mounting the cap to the axial tube, with the stop of the cap covering an end of the axial tube to prevent the motor element from disengaging from the axial tube. In another example, the coupling portion of the cap engages with a coupling section on a stator.

2009-10-22

20090261675

HIGH EFFICIENT MAGNETIC ENERGY SHIFTING DEVICE - A high efficient magnetic energy shifting device includes at least a magnetism unit consisting of plural induction coils and at least a magnetic element. Each of the induction coils is provided with plural individual coils formed by having wire coaxially wound in a same direction, an opening formed in the center of the individual coils and an induction stage formed around the outer surface of the individual coils. The induction coils are successively arrayed and fixed stably by positioning elements. The magnetic element is located at a position corresponding to a maximal surface of the induction stage so as to create a high voltage in a same unit area or kinetic energy under a low current, achieving a purpose of high efficient energy shift.

2009-10-22

20090261676

Method for Mounting a Magnetic Pole and Associated Rotor - The present invention provides a method for mounting at least one magnetic pole of a rotor of a motor of a synchronous electrical rotating machine from elementary elements, the rotor including a hub. The method includes the following successive steps: forming a set by fixing at least two elementary elements to each other with an electrical insulator being interposed therebetween; the elementary elements being magnetizable; machining a main face of the set of elementary elements in order to form a cylindrical face having a radius substantially equal to the predefined radius of the hub; magnetizing the magnetizable set; and fixing the magnetized set to the hub, the magnetized set forming at least a portion of the magnetic pole.

2009-10-22

20090261677

MOTOR ROTOR, ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A motor rotor has: a rotor yoke; a plurality of magnet fixing sections formed on the lateral surface of the rotor yoke; segment magnets respectively fixed to the magnet fixing sections and extending in the axial direction of the rotor yoke; and a plurality of projections which are provided, on the rotor yoke, at each boundary section located between each of the adjacent magnet mounting sections, and which protrude outward from the rotor yoke; and a pair of end claws are formed by bifurcating the end of each projection into two prongs, and each of the end claws is locked to the outer surface of each of the segment magnets.

2009-10-22

20090261678

High-Speed Permanent Magnet Motor and Generator with Low-Loss Metal Rotor - Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, and/or method adapted for providing an electric machine comprising: a rotor comprising a plurality of magnets retained on said rotor via a sleeve that is retained via a band comprising a stacked plurality of washer laminations, each of said washer laminations electrically insulated from an adjacent washer lamination.

2009-10-22

20090261679

ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - An object of the present invention is to provide an internal permanent magnet type rotating electrical machine capable of maintaining compactness and high output and reducing vibration and noise caused by electromagnetic force. The rotating electrical machine of the present invention has an annular stator and a rotor that is arranged inside the stator with an air gap interposed between the stator and the rotor. The stator has a stator iron core provided with a plurality of slots at circumferential intervals and a coil received in each of the slots. The rotor has a rotor iron core, a plurality of permanent magnets embedded in a plurality of magnetic pole forming positions that are set along an outer circumference of the rotor iron core, an iron core section that faces the air gap and is magnetized by the permanent magnets to form a magnetic pole on an air gap fronting face at each of the magnetic pole forming positions, and an axially extending recess formed at a circumferentially central part of the air gap fronting face of each of the iron core sections.

Armature in Rotary Electric Device and Its Manufacturing Method - An armature where at least one of a first winding wire and a second winding wire is wound around slots that are opposed to all magnetic poles serving as a same magnetic pole in a predetermined winding direction so as to correspond to a predetermined winding number as a total winding number between respective slots, so that the plurality of coils are formed, and a slot from which the first winding wire is led out and a slot into which the second winding wire is led are located circumferentially at both sides of commutator segments with which the first winding wire and the second winding wire are conductive.

2009-10-22

20090261682

STATOR OF ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND COMPONENT FOR USE IN STATOR - A coil sub-assy includes a coil plate which has an insulating film attached to at least one side thereof and an “I”-shaped portion to be inserted into a slot of a stator core. The plurality of coil plates forming coils of an identical phase are laminated in a thickness direction of the “I”-shaped portion. The coil plates opposite to each other are formed such that a shortest distance between end faces of the “I”-shaped portions in a width direction is longer than a shortest distance between end faces of the “I”-shaped portions in the thickness direction.

STATOR OF ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - The stator of an electric rotating machine includes a stator core having slots formed at an inner periphery thereof, and a stator winding constituted by conductive wires wound on the slots. The stator winding including in-slot portions accommodated in the slots and turn portions each connecting each adjacent two of the in-slot portions at outside of the slots. The stator core including a core member having at least three tooth portions extending in a radial direction of the stator core and a core back portion integrally connecting the tooth portions at a radially end side thereof. The core member is configured such that each of the first tooth portions folded toward the core back portion is capable of unfolding to extend between a corresponding adjacent two of the in-slot portions when the core member is at a predetermined axial position with respect to the stator winding.

2009-10-22

20090261685

SEGMENT-CORE TYPE STATOR FOR INNER-ROTOR TYPE ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINES AND AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE STATOR - When accommodating a cage stator coil in a stator core made up of distributed cores, an end side distributed core composing end side core at an end side in axial direction is made larger than a central side distributed core composing central side core. The cage stator coil is formed by compressing a central portion of an original cage stator coil. The end side segment core composing the end core is set at a central portion in an axial direction of the cage stator coil then the end side coil is moved to an end portion in the axial direction. The central side segment core composing the central core is set at the central portion in the axial direction of the cage stator coil thereafter.

2009-10-22

20090261686

STATOR OF ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - The stator of an electric rotating machine includes a stator core having slots formed therein along a circumferential direction thereof, and a stator winding formed by conductive wires wound on the slots. The stator winding includes in-slot portions accommodated in the slots and turn portions each of which connects each adjacent two of the in-slot portions outside of the slots. Each of the turn portions includes a first turn portion formed with m1 steps (m1 being a positive integer) extending along axial ends of the stator core, and a second turn portion formed with m2 steps (m2 being an integer larger than ml) extending along the axial ends.

2009-10-22

20090261687

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A MULTILAYER COMPRESSION MOULDED ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method and a device for manufacturing a multi-layer compression moulded element and to a compression moulded element which is embodied as a multi-layer carbon brush and has at least a first and a second moulding layer, in which, in order to carry out the method, a multi-component mould which comprises a moulding element and a mould slide arrangement interacts with a moulding die, and in which a mould which is defined by the selected configuration of the moulding slide arrangement in the moulding element is filled by filling moulding segments which are formed one next to the other with moulding material in chronological succession in a transverse direction with respect to the axis of the moulding die, and by the compression moulded element being subsequently formed by moving the moulding die and moulding slide arrangement relative to one another in the mould.

2009-10-22

20090261688

MICROACTUATOR HAVING MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM - A MEMS vertical displacement device for vertically displacing and tilting a vertically displaceable platform. The vertically displaceable platform may be displaced using a plurality of recurve actuators configured to provide vertical displacement without horizontal movement. The vertically displaceable platform may be tilted about two axes to yield tilting that is advantageous in numerous applications. The recurve actuators may be thermal, piezoelectric or formed from other appropriate materials.

2009-10-22

20090261689

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PIEZOELECTRIC ELECTROMAGNETIC HYBRID VIBRATING ENERGY HARVESTER - A system and method are disclosed for providing a piezoelectric electromagnetic hybrid vibrating energy harvester. The invention comprises a piezoelectric vibrating energy harvesting device that harvests electrical energy from vibrations using a piezoelectric effect. The invention also comprises an electromagnetic vibrating energy harvesting device that simultaneously harvests electrical energy from the same vibrations using electromagnetic induction. A permanent magnet mass mounted on a cantilever host beam of the piezoelectric vibrating energy harvesting device provides a variable magnetic flux to a fixed conductive winding of the electromagnetic vibrating energy harvesting device when the permanent magnet mass vibrates.

Motor - A motor includes a base, a stator and a bearing both mounted to the base, a rotor and a retaining ring. The rotor includes a shaft having an annular groove formed in an outer periphery thereof to form a neck with a first outer diameter. The shaft includes an obstructing portion forming an end edge of the annular groove and having a second outer diameter larger than the first outer diameter. The retaining ring is partially received in the annular groove. The retaining ring includes a combining section for positioning itself and a retaining section delimiting a through hole with a diameter larger and smaller than the first and second outer diameters respectively to form a gap between the through hole and neck. Consequently, noise by friction of the retaining ring against the shaft and departure of the rotor from the base are avoided with unlimited assembly of the motor.

FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A flat panel display includes locating members each having a plate-shaped base part, a holding surface rising substantially perpendicularly from sides forming a corner of the base part, and a flange extending outward from the skirt of the holding surface and provided with through holes. The locating members are disposed with the base parts thereof facing a back surface of a display panel and the holding surfaces pressed against side surfaces forming corners of the display panel. Screws passed through the through holes are screwed into the internally threaded holes of bosses to locate the display panel on a front cabinet. The specifications of the display panel can be changed without changing the design of the front cabinet.

2009-10-22

20090261695

COMPUTER ENCLOSURE - A computer enclosure includes a chassis and a cover. The chassis has a first hole, and the cover has a second hole which is substantially coaxial with the first hole. A securing means engages in the first and second holes for mounting the cover on the chassis. A shield is fixed on one of the chassis and the cover. The shield defines a through hole communicating an outer side of the shield with the securing means and a receiving hole intersecting the through hole. A rotating block is rotatably positioned in the receiving hole between the through hole and the securing means. The rotating block includes a blocking portion configured to block the through hole. The rotating block defines an access hole in the blocking portion. The access hole is configured to communicate the through hole with the securing means by rotating the block to align the access hole with the securing means.

Appliance Drawer and Latch Mechanism Therefor - An appliance drawer construction allows, upon the press of a button, the extension of the drawer from a housing. At the same time, inadvertent unintended opening caused, e.g., by a person's body brushing past or up against the appliance, may be avoided. In another aspect, the invention provides a simple and effective latch release linkage which is particularly well suited to a drawer, like a laundry washer additives dispenser drawer, that requires an offset of the latch from the operation push-button, due to the placement of an additive storage compartment portion of the drawer directly behind the front console of the drawer, and the space constraints within the housing that receives the drawer.

2009-10-22

20090261698

SUPPORT BEAM FOR A CABINET DRAWER - Cabinet drawer support beam is provided. An upper part of the beam may include a rail or longitudinal sliding mechanism and may further include an alignment mechanism fastened to the rail or longitudinal mechanism including a pinion that runs in the rack of the lower part of the support beam. The support beam may be fastened to the cabinet wall by means of barrels and fasteners. In one example implementation, at least two beams per cabinet may be found.

2009-10-22

20090261699

FIXING APPARATUS FOR SLIDE RAIL - A fixing apparatus for fixing a slide rail to a first column and a second column includes a first fixing member, a release member, and a second fixing member. The slide rail includes a flange formed perpendicularly at a first end of the slide rail. The first fixing member attached to and slid along the first end of the slide rail includes a tab. The tab and the flange sandwich the first column. The release member attached to and slid along to the slide rail includes a latching hook formed at a first end to engage with the first fixing member, a mounting tab extending from the release member adjacent to a second end, and an opening adjacent to the mounting tab. The second fixing member attached to the second end of the release member includes a fixing tab. The tab and the mounting tab sandwich the second column.

2009-10-22

20090261700

Positioning device for a drawer - A positioning device for a drawer includes a base, a handle and a pair of connecting members. The base comprises a fixing plate, an engaging arm and a resilient member. The engaging arm comprises a tenon, a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a first end connected to the fixing plate, and a second end connected to the resilient member. The tenon is disposed on the first side of the engaging arm adjacent to the second end. The second end of the engaging arm is formed with a first through hole. The handle is formed with a second through hole corresponding in position to the second end of the engagement arm. The handle is provided with a recess to accommodate the resilient member. The connecting members insert through the second through hole and the first through hole. By assembling the above parts with the drawer, the tenon engages with an engaging hole of the drawer slide.

2009-10-22

20090261701

Damping unit and refrigerator having the same - Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body, a refrigerator door for opening/closing a front surface of the body, with the refrigerator door having an opening, an auxiliary door for opening/closing the opening of the refrigerator door, and a damping unit coupled to a hinge shaft of the auxiliary door to control an opening/closing speed of the auxiliary door. The damping unit includes a case, a rotating member rotatably installed in the case, oil filled in the case to apply resistance against rotation of the rotating member, a fixing member coupled to an end portion of a rotating shaft of the rotating member to rotate together with the rotating member, and an elastic member provided between the case and the fixing member to apply elastic force to the fixing member in a direction opposite to an opening direction of the auxiliary door. It is possible to stably rotate the auxiliary door while controlling the rotational speed of the auxiliary door.

2009-10-22

20090261702

Home appliance with anti-trap protection - A home appliance includes a carcass, a door joined to the carcass with a hinge for closure of an interior compartment of the carcass, a superimposed decor panel spaced from the door by a gap, a first fitting part mounted in the gap on the decor panel, and a deformable cover piece extending from a side wall of the carcass adjacent to the hinge into the gap and having an extension which reaches through a passage between the first fitting part and the decor panel from a hinge-side edge of the decor panel and abuts a side of the first fitting part facing away from the hinge-side edge of the decor panel.

Kitchen Device With Height Adjustable Shelving System - A kitchen device, in particular, a refrigerator or freezer, with an interior, in which at least one height-adjustable support for accommodation of goods is provided, wherein at least one transport carriage running along guide rails is provided on the kitchen device, wherein said transport carriage may be fixed to the support and adjusted in height by a drive with a height adjustment. The invention is characterised in that the shell surface may be particularly simply and easily adjusted for height without the need to remove the goods from the kitchen device operation of the kitchen device being particularly simple.

2009-10-22

20090261705

LED lamp device - A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp device includes at least one light-emitting module and a heat-dissipation module. The heat-dissipation module includes a plurality of cooling fins arranged in a radial pattern and connected annularly at intervals around the light-emitting module. Each of the cooling fins has an outer rim folded back a predetermined distance toward the light-emitting module to form a bent edge. The bent edges are formed with arcuate folded-back portions so that the cooling fins have rib-like outer perimeters after the bent edges are formed. Thus, the LED lamp device is allowed to be held safely by the folded-back portions while the cooling fins are structurally strengthened.

2009-10-22

20090261706

LED Replacement Light Tube for Fluorescent Light Fixture - The present invention relates generally to electrical lighting devices and systems, and more particularly to a light tube replacement for use with fluorescent light fixtures. The replacement light tube comprises a series of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a heat sink therefore incorporated adjacent a clear or translucent cover configured for installation in a conventional fluorescent light fixture. The present LED replacement light includes suitable light directing and/or diffusing means and compatible connector pins and electrical componentry as required for installation and operation in an existing fluorescent light circuit. Alternatively, the replacement light may utilize conventional 110-115 volt alternating current or backup battery power as the electrical power source. Preferably, the light cover and the heat sink surrounding the LEDs when assembled together have a substantially cylindrical shape to be easily recognizable as a fluorescent light tube replacement and to effectively appear as a fluorescent light tube when installed in a fixture.

2009-10-22

20090261707

LED ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An LED illumination device includes an optical section disposed at a bottom end of the LED illumination device, and in which a light source is provided. A heat dissipation section located adjacent to the optical section includes a plurality of fins thermally contacting the light source. The electrical section is disposed at a top end of the LED illumination device and electrically connects with the light source. The heat dissipation section is disposed between the optical section and the electrical section. The electrical section defines a plurality of air exchanges communicating the inside of the electrical section with the heat dissipation section and a plurality of exhaust ports communicating the inside of the electrical section with an external environment of the LED illumination device.

2009-10-22

20090261708

GLASS-PHOSPHOR CAPPING STRUCTURE FOR LEDS - An LED and method for increasing the reliability of LEDs are provided. The LED contains a semiconductor die, a reflector, and a glass capping structure. The glass structure may be solid or formed from multiple layers of uniform or varying dimensions. The glass structure is coated with a phosphor that emits light of a different wavelength than the die. The phosphor is disposed between adjacent layers if the glass structure has multiple layers. The die is disposed in a cavity of the reflector. The cavity may be evacuated or filled with a transparent material.

2009-10-22

20090261709

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display according to an embodiment, when a thin film transistor substrate including a display area and a non-display area is prepared, an organic light emitting layer is formed on the display area. Then, a first cathode layer is formed on the organic light emitting layer through a first deposition method, and a second cathode layer is formed on the first cathode layer through a second deposition method. The first and/or second deposition method may be performed by using heat. Thus, the light-emitting quality of the organic light emitting display may be improved.

2009-10-22

20090261710

SOLID-STATE LAMPS WITH PARTIAL CONVERSION IN PHOSPHORS FOR RENDERING AN ENHANCED NUMBER OF COLORS - The invention relates to phosphor-conversion (PC) sources of white light, which are composed of at least two groups of emitters, such as blue electroluminescent light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and wide-band (WB) or narrow-band (NB) phosphors that partially absorb and convert the flux generated by the LEDs to other wavelengths, and to improving the quality of the white light emitted by such light sources. In particular, embodiments of the present invention describe new 3-4 component combinations of peak wavelengths and bandwidths for white PC LEDs with partial conversion. These combinations are used to provide spectral power distributions that enable lighting with a considerable portion of a high number of spectrophotometrically calibrated colors rendered almost indistinguishably from a blackbody radiator or daylight illuminant, and which differ from distributions optimized using standard color-rendering assessment procedures based on a small number of test samples.

2009-10-22

20090261711

ASYMMETRIC FLUORENE DERIVATIVE AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT CONTAINING THE SAME - Provided is an organic electroluminescence device which includes an organic thin film layer composed of one or more layers including at least one light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being interposed between a cathode and an anode, in which at least one layer of the organic thin layer contains an asymmetric fluorene-based derivative compound of a specific structural formula and an amine compound of a specific structural formula. This organic electroluminescence device has excellent heat resistance and a long lifetime and can emit any of blue, green, and red lights at a high luminous efficiency.

2009-10-22

20090261712

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device and a manufacturing method. The organic light emitting device includes a first signal line and a second signal line crossing each other, a switching thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line, a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor, an organic layer covering the first signal line, the second signal line, the switching thin film transistor, and the driving thin film transistor, a pixel electrode disposed on the organic layer and connected to the driving thin film transistor, a pixel-defining layer disposed on the organic layer and enclosing the pixel electrode, a blocking film including an inorganic insulating layer and covering the pixel-defining layer and edges of the pixel electrode, a light emitting member disposed on the pixel electrode and a common electrode disposed on the light emitting member.

2009-10-22

20090261713

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light emitting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a first signal line and a second signal line formed on the substrate and intersecting each other; a common voltage line formed on the substrate, and intersecting one of the first signal line and the second signal line; a switching thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line; a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor; an insulating layer covering the first signal line, the second signal line, the switching thin film transistor, and the driving thin film transistor; a pixel electrode formed on the insulating layer, and electrically connected to the driving thin film transistor; an organic light emitting member formed on the pixel electrode and including an emission layer and a member layer; and a common electrode formed on the organic light emitting member, wherein the member layer is made of a plurality of layers including electrons or holes, and at least one layer of the member layer is disposed between the common voltage line and the common electrode to electrically connect between the common voltage line and the common electrode.

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting device includes a first pixel displaying a first color, a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel and displaying a second color, and a third pixel adjacent to the first pixel or the second pixel and displaying a third color, wherein the first pixel includes a first and second subpixel units that output respective lights having different color characteristics.

2009-10-22

20090261716

Organic Light Emitting Device - The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device including a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel each displaying a color. Each pixel includes a reflecting member; a transflective member forming a micro-cavity along with the reflecting member; an organic light emitting member disposed between the reflecting member and the transflective member; a transparent electrode disposed between the reflecting member and the transflective member; and a compensation layer disposed between the reflecting member and the transflective member to form a predetermined distance between the reflecting member and the transflective member, wherein the distance between the reflecting member and the transflective member are substantially the same in the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel.

2009-10-22

20090261717

NOVEL MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES - The present invention relates to the compounds of the formulae (1) to (6) and to organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, in which these compounds are used as host material or dopant in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-transport material.

2009-10-22

20090261718

Organic light emitting diode display - An organic light emitting diode display includes a panel assembly for displaying an image and a first surface stress enhancing member arranged on a rear surface of the panel assembly. In one embodiment, the organic light emitting diode display includes a second surface stress enhancing member arranged on a front surface of the panel assembly. In anther embodiment, the organic light emitting diode display includes a lower bezel arranged on a rear surface of the first surface stress enhancing member and a shock absorption tape arranged between the first surface stress enhancing member and the lower bezel. The structure of the organic light emitting diode display efficiently prevents damages caused by an external impact.

2009-10-22

20090261719

ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS - An organic electroluminescent apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first sealing portion that seals the first and second substrates so as to form a closed space between the first and second substrates, an organic light-emitting element that is disposed on the first substrate in the closed space and includes an organic light-emitting layer mainly composed of an organic light-emitting material, a second sealing portion that is disposed on the organic light-emitting element and seals the organic light-emitting element, and a drying agent film that is formed in a region surrounded by the first and second sealing portions and is mainly composed of a drying agent.

2009-10-22

20090261720

ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An organic electroluminescent device includes a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is disposed on a support substrate, each pixel having an electroluminescent element in which at least a first electrode layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode layer are laminated in that order at an upper layer side of an insulating film; a first conductive pattern portion provided at a lower layer side of the insulating film for applying a potential to the second electrode layer; and a second conductive pattern portion which is composed of a conductive film having a sheet resistance lower than that of the second electrode layer and which is provided at the upper layer side of the insulating film to connect the second electrode layer to the first conductive pattern portion. In this organic EL device, the second conductive pattern portion has a third conductive pattern portion which is provided on an upper surface of the first conductive pattern portion at a contact portion composed of a non-forming region of the insulating film and which is in contact with the first pattern portion.